81% revolutionaries (493 Indians) in Cellular Jail were from Bengal Presidency & Punjab Province.
Legends like Sushil Das Gupta, Trailokyanath Chakravarty, Batukeshwar Dutt, Ganesh Ghosh and Ambika Chakrabarty spent 8-13 years in this jail and they never wrote mercy petitions.
Mahavir Singh, Mohit Moitra & Mohan Kishore Namadas and many more died in Andaman's Cellular Jail during their Hunger strike.
Mahavir Singh was tortured and killed by the Brits when he refused to break his hunger strike. He was a member of HSRA & a close friend of Bhagat Singh.
The original handcrafted copy of the Indian constitution has 22 paintings, including the illustrations of Indus Valley Civilization, Ramayana, Buddha, Ashoka, Akbar, Tipu Sultan and Gandhi.
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These are the list of the 22 paintings. The art work by one of our most eminent painters, Nandalal Bose.
From the Indus Valley Cililization to the Indian freedom movement, Nandalal Bose gave us a gallery of some of the greatest figures/events of our history.
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1) Seal from IVC. 2) Gurukul Education System. 3) Ramayana. 4) Bhagavad Gita.
“Godse killed Gandhi because of the Partition” is a LIE repeatedly told over the last few decades.
FACT: Godse tried to assassinate Gandhi twice in 1944, 03 years before partition. In July 1944, Godse was overpowered at Panchgani when he rushed towards Gandhi with a knife.
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i) 'Gandhi, the Forgotten Mahatma' by Jagdish Chandra Jain.
ii) 'Gandhi and the Unspeakable' by James W. Douglass.
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Bhilare Guruji saved Mahatma Gandhi at Panchgani in 1944.
There were six assassination attempts on Mahatma Gandhi, from 1934 to 1948.
The main aim of “One Nation, One Election” is to kill Federalism and regional Parties.
If elections are held together, regional & local issues will be brushed under the carpet & regional parties will lose influence.
The move only benefits BJP and RSS, and Hindi imposition. 1/5
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A data-based analysis by Praveen Chakravarty points to the fact that when Union and state elections were held simultaneously, between 1999 and 2014, there was a 77% chance that voters choose the same political party.
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“One Nation, One Election” would favour larger national parties than regional/smaller parties and it would destroy India’s cherished multi-party system.
The absence of regional parties will mean that regional concerns are left without a voice at the decision-making table. 3/5
"If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine."
Today, 14th June, marks what would have been Ernesto "Che" Guevara's 95th Birthday.
Che Guevara's legacy lives on in the fight against injustice and imperialism across the world.
In Jan 1952, a 24 year old Che Guevara (a doctor from a privileged family) travelled across Latin America on a motorcycle and his life changed when he met the Indigenous population of Peru.
He then left his job, family and his love and went to Gautemala in 1953.
In Peru, Che & Alberto saw the wretched poverty endured by indigenous people, who were treated as second-class citizens.
“These people who watch us walk through the streets of the town are a defeated race,” Che wrote.